Life in and around Carson City, Nevada

Low Water

Around here the water goes just as fast as it comes. After peaking a month ago, the water levels in the Carson River are dropping quickly, already exposing sandbars and uncovering the smaller channel that the river actually follows nine months out of the year.

Here’s a photo from June:

And here’s one from today:

That’s just 30 days. By late September you’ll be lucky if you can get your knees wet walking across the river.